formal declaration

collocation in English

meaningsofformalanddeclaration

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formal
adjective
uk
/ˈfɔː.məl/us
/ˈfɔːr.məl/
public ...
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declaration
noun[C]
uk
/ˌdek.ləˈreɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌdek.ləˈreɪ.ʃən/
an announcement, often one that is written ...
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(Definition offormalanddeclarationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofformal declaration

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Of course a state can do without an "official language," if by this is meant aformaldeclarationthat a particular language is to be regarded as official.
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Aformaldeclarationof interest will not be requested.
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Either a marriage certificate or aformaldeclarationthat he or she has assumed and intends to continue to use the new name.
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But suppose there is no suchformaldeclaration.
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There was usually aformaldeclarationof war and the news of any mobilisation could only travel slowly.
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It is not merely naive, but extremely erroneous to suppose that war could not break out without aformaldeclaration.
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He would also have to ask the local authority to make aformaldeclarationthat it would give a grant if his purchase was completed.
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These companies will be covered by aformaldeclarationof fair trading practice shortly to be issued by the two chairmen.
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Shortly the chairmen of both the organising committees will want to make aformaldeclarationof fair trading practice.
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Can there be a legal neutrality when there has been aformaldeclarationof a judgment internationally against one of the parties to the dispute?
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The explanation is that although the armistice agreement has been signed there has never been aformaldeclarationof peace.
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We should not expect aformaldeclarationof this.
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No advantage is seen in, or would attach to, aformaldeclarationof their status in the circumstances currently applying there.
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The period of tension, the breaking of diplomatic relations and theformaldeclarationof war—these leisurely proceedings are totally obsolete.
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Theformaldeclarationof a conventional war now seems almost as archaic and old-fashioned as the hansom cab.
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They might also be required in circumstances in which aformaldeclarationof call-out might be an unhelpful political signal.
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Even though there had been noformaldeclarationof hostilities, they clearly existed.
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Trouble does not begin with aformaldeclarationof war or with some great and easily definable movement.
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In only a small number of the incidents in which our armed forces have been in action this century has there been aformaldeclarationof war.
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It is a matter for the organisation concerned to decide whether to draw this fact to the attention of its staff by requiring them to sign aformaldeclaration.
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